Men's Basketball CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through Games of Jan 11, 2018 (All Games)
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CAA MEN’S BASKETBALL MMEN’SEN’S January 13, 2018 BBASKETBALLASKETBALL CColonialolonial AAthlethleƟ c AAssociassociaƟ oonn GAMEDAY REPORT • JANUARY 13, 2018 College of Charleston • Delaware • Drexel • Elon • Hofstra James Madison • UNCW • Northeastern • Towson • William & Mary CAA STANDINGS Conference Overall W L Pct. H A Stk. W L Pct. H A N Stk. L10 William and Mary 5 0 1.000 2-0 3-0 W5 12 4 .750 7-0 5-4 0-0 W5 8-2 College of Charleston 3 2 .600 3-0 0-2 W1 12 5 .706 8-0 3-4 1-1 W1 7-3 Elon 3 2 .600 2-1 1-1 L1 11 7 .611 6-1 3-6 2-0 L1 6-4 Hofstra 3 2 .600 1-1 2-1 W1 10 7 .588 4-2 5-2 1-3 W1 6-4 Northeastern 3 2 .600 2-1 1-1 L1 10 7 .588 7-1 3-4 0-2 L1 7-3 Delaware 3 2 .600 2-1 1-1 W2 10 8 .556 5-4 3-4 2-0 W2 6-4 Towson 2 3 .400 2-1 0-2 L1 12 6 .667 6-1 1-5 5-0 L1 5-5 UNCW 2 3 .400 1-1 1-2 W1 5 12 .294 4-2 1-6 0-4 W1 3-7 Drexel 1 4 .200 1-1 0-3 L2 7 11 .389 5-2 1-7 1-2 L2 3-7 James Madison 0 5 .000 0-2 0-3 L5 4 14 .222 3-4 1-7 0-3 L6 2-8 UPCOMING GAMES CAA WEEKLY AWARDS January 13 *Towson at William & Mary - 4 pm PLAYER OF THE WEEK: *Delaware at James Madison - 4 pm Nathan Knight • William & Mary *Hofstra at Drexel - 4 pm So., F, 6-10, 235 - Syracuse, N.Y./No ngham *Col. of Charleston at Elon - 7 pm Knight averaged 20.0 points and 12.0 rebounds as William & *Northeastern at UNCW - 7 pm Mary went 3-0 on the road in CAA play last week. The sopho- more forward recorded double-doubles in all three contests January 18 *UNCW at Col. of Charleston - 7 pm with 16 points and 12 boards at JMU, 25 points and 11 caroms *Drexel at Towson - 7 pm at Delaware and 19 points and 13 rebounds at Drexel. He shot *Northeastern at William & Mary - 7 pm 63.9% from the fl oor and 80% at the free throw line. Knight is *Elon at James Madison - 7 pm averaging 22.8 ppg and 11.8 rpg in CAA play as the Tribe has *Delaware at Hofstra - 7 pm matched their best conference start (4-0) in school history. January 20 *Delaware at Northeastern - 2 pm *Drexel at James Madison - 4 pm ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: *Hofstra at Col. of Charleston - 4 pm Ma Lewis • James Madison *William & Mary at Elon - 7 pm Fr., G, 6-5, 180 - Arlington, Va./Bishop O’Connell *Towson at UNCW - 7 pm Lewis averaged 13.7 ppg and 4.0 rpg in James Madison’s three conference games last week. The freshman guard tallied double January 25 *James Madison at UNCW - 7 pm digits in each contest with 13 points vs. William & Mary, 14 *William & Mary at Towson - 7 pm points and fi ve rebounds at Hofstra and 14 points, a team-high *Northeastern at Hofstra - 7 pm six rebounds and two steals in his fi rst career start at Northeast- *Elon at Drexel - 7 pm ern. For the week, he was 7-of-13 (53.8%) from 3-point range. *Col. of Charleston at Delaware - 7 pm * denotes CAA game Contact: Rob Washburn2017-18 • (804) CAA MEN’S 525-1219 BASKETBALL • [email protected] • 1 www.CAASports.com facebook.com/CAASports twi er.com/CAABasketball YouTube.com/CAASportsProduc ons CAA MEN’S BASKETBALL January 13, 2018 Recent Results CONFERENCE NOTES: January 11 WILD NIGHT OF ACTION ON THURSDAY: It was a wild night around the CAA on Thursday *UNCW 80, Elon 78 (ot) with two games going to over me and another decided at the buzzer. UNCW picked up its *Delaware 72, Drexel 66 fi rst CAA road win of the season with an 80-78 over me victory against an Elon squad that *Col. of Charleston 82, Northeastern 66 was undefeated at home. William & Mary rallied from a 9-point defi cit with 50 seconds *Hofstra 76, Towson 73 to go and beat James Madison, 89-82 in over me. Hofstra overcame a 10-point defi cit *William & Mary 89, James Madison 82 (ot) with 5:22 remaining and topped Towson, 76-73, on Jalen Ray’s 3-pointer at the buzzer. The January 7 victory ended the Tigers’ 14-game home winning streak. Of the 25 CAA games played thus *Delaware 96, UNCW 76 far, four have gone to over me and fi ve others have been decided by three points or less. *Towson 73, Col. of Charleston 62 *Northeastern 80, James Madison 67 W&M OFF TO BEST CAA START EVER: William & Mary is off to its best CAA start ever at *William & Mary 85, Drexel 63 5-0 a er rallying for an 89-82 over me victory against James Madison on Thursday. The *Elon 89, Hofstra 76 Tribe, which won three straight road games in a six-day period last week, surpassed the 4-0 start by the 1997-98 squad. W&M has an early two-game lead in the CAA standings as fi ve January 5 teams (Charleston, Delaware, Elon, Hofstra and Northeastern) are ed for second at 3-2. *Hofstra 87, James Madison 81 (ot) *Drexel 87, Col. of Charleston 82 (ot) SIX TEAMS IN TOP 120 OF RPI: Six of the CAA’s 10 teams are ranked in the top 120 of the *William & Mary 90. Delaware 65 latest NCAA RPI through games of Jan. 11. William & Mary leads the way at #59, Hofstra *Towson 89, UNCW 71 *Northeastern 72, Elon 60 follows at #84, Towson is ranked #102, Elon is ranked #104, Northeastern is ranked #113 and Charleston is ranked #120. The CAA is one of only 8 conferences (American, ACC, * denotes CAA game Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac 12, SEC) with six teams ranked in the top 120. The CAA is ranked 12th out of the na on’s 32 Division I conferences. LIGHTING UP THE SCOREBOARD: Off enses have taken center stage in the early por on of conference play. Through the fi rst 25 league games, the winning team has scored at least 80 points in 17 of them. Five squads are averaging 78.0 ppg or more in CAA ac on. Shoo ng percentages have been impressive as well. Seven teams are shoo ng be er than 46% from the fl oor, fi ve are hi ng at least 38% from 3-point range, and three squads are shoo ng be er than 81% from the free throw line in conference play. TOPPING THE 1,000-POINT MARK: Five CAA players eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for their careers last week. Hofstra’s Rokas Gustys and UNCW’s Jordon Talley reached the milestone last Friday. Three players hit the 1,000-point mark in the same game on Sunday as Elon’s Dmitri Thompson and Tyler Seibring and Hofstra’s Jus n Wright-Foreman hit 1,000 in the contest between the Phoenix and Pride. HOME COURT ADVANTAGE: CAA teams are a combined 55-17 at home this season and also have 12 victories on neutral courts. Charleston and William & Mary are s ll unbeaten on their home fl oors this season. Collegiate Basketball News RPI Ra ngs (Through games of Jan. 11) YOUTH MOVEMENT: Young players are making a big impact in the CAA. There are seven sophomores, one freshman and only two seniors among the CAA’s top 15 in scoring through Conferences CAA Teams 1. Big 12 59. William & Mary games of Jan. 11. There are also just three seniors among the CAA’s top 10 in rebounding. 2. ACC 84. Hofstra 3. Big East 102. Towson UNCW’S CACOK LEADS NATION IN REBOUNDING: UNCW junior Devontae Cacok leads the 4. SEC 104. Elon na on in rebounding (13.2 rpg) and Hofstra’s Rokas Gustys ranks 10th (11.2 rpg) through 5. Pac 12 113. Northeastern games of Jan. 11. Cacok has grabbed at least 10 rebounds in 14 of 17 games and is also 6. Big Ten 120. Col. of Charleston 7. American 234. Delaware 2nd in the na on with 13 double-doubles. Several other CAA players are among the na- 8. Missouri Valley 252. Drexel on’s top 20 sta sically. W&M’s David Cohn ranks 14th in assists (6.7 apg). Drexel’s Aus n 9. Mountain West 288. UNCW Williams is 19th (2.8 bpg) in blocked shots. W&M’s Connor Burchfi eld is 3rd in 3-point FG 10. Atlan c 10 311. James Madison percentage (52.1%) while teammate Ma Milon is 4th (51.0%). 11. Mid-American 12. CAA WRIGHT-FOREMAN EXTENDS SCORING STREAK: Hofstra junior Jus n Wright-Foreman, who leads the CAA and ranks second in the na on in scoring with 25.9 ppg, extended his double-digit scoring streak to 39 games with a 35-point eff ort against Towson on Thursday. 2 • 2017-18 CAA MEN’S BASKETBALL CAA MEN’S BASKETBALL January 13, 2018 Players of the Week The streak is the fi h-longest ac ve streak in the na on.